Snap highlighted fader to S1 fader 1 WITH no mixer window shift …?

[MixerGuy]

Hi all

I am hoping there is a way to do this:

Snap highlighted fader to S1 fader 1 WITH no mixer window shift …?

How I currently do this is whatever fader in the mix window that I am working on

To get it to fader 1 on my s1 WITHOUT SHIFTING WHERE MY MIX WINDOW IS ALIGNED I click once on a random fader way to the right in the mix window

Then I come back and click on the fader I want in the mix window to be fader 1 on my s 1 and that works perfectly.

Just a little slow.

And yes I know there is a right click command (and also a key command) to snap the current mix window fader to s1 fader # 1 BUT that also snaps that fader in the mix window to the far left and I do NOT want that to happen. As it messes up my mixer window view of how I like things arranged. (My active fader central -ish on my mix window dedicated visual monitor screen …not all the way to the left. )

Hope this makes sense - and hoping there is a way to do this. :-/

[BScout]

In Pro Tools, Setup>Preferences>Mixing:
Uncheck "Mix Window Follows Bank Selection"

In Eucontrol, General, "Auto-bank to clicked track"
(But not "auto-bank selected track" though -- you get one or the other but this one won't necessarily move the selected track to the fader 1; if the selected track is already visible on the S1, it just moves selection. If it is not visible on the S1, then it'll move it to fader 1 to make it visible)

[MixerGuy]

Originally Posted by BScout

In Pro Tools, Setup>Preferences>Mixing:
Uncheck "Mix Window Follows Bank Selection"

In Eucontrol, General, "Auto-bank to clicked track"
(But not "auto-bank selected track" though -- you get one or the other but this one won't necessarily move the selected track to the fader 1; if the selected track is already visible on the S1, it just moves selection. If it is not visible on the S1, then it'll move it to fader 1 to make it visible)

Thanks so much. I will try this out soon.

And just curious - I’m unsure - if I click on a fader that is already on fader 2-8 on S1 will it hop to fader 1?

Thx.

[BScout]

Originally Posted by MixerGuy

And just curious - I’m unsure - if I click on a fader that is already on fader 2-8 on S1 will it hop to fader 1?

No. If you want that, hold shift+control when you click on a track (Mac shortcut keys)

[MixerGuy]

Originally Posted by BScout

No. If you want that, hold shift+control when you click on a track (Mac shortcut keys)

Thanks - but IIRC that will also snap the virtual fader in mixer window to far left and I usually don’t want that. As it is way too far left.

Thanks tho.

[BScout]

Originally Posted by MixerGuy

Thanks - but IIRC that will also snap the virtual fader in mixer window to far left and I usually don’t want that. As it is way too far left.

Thanks tho.

Yes. Shift+Control+click will bank the Mix Window.

If you just want the clicked fader to be on the first S1 fader, why don't you just use Eucontrol layouts and assign S1, fader 1 to Attentioned Track?

[MixerGuy]

Originally Posted by BScout

Yes. Shift+Control+click will bank the Mix Window.

If you just want the clicked fader to be on the first S1 fader, why don't you just use Eucontrol layouts and assign S1, fader 1 to Attentioned Track?

Because I generally know the order of my faders…

And if I have flute as fader 1, I am usually guaranteed to then have oboe on 2, clarinet on 3 and bassoon on 4, for example. So if I want to grab bassoon fader I know it is on 4.

However it might be worth the compromise to always have selected fader on fader 1, and just be mindful of my group status always. So I could ride the string section if I knew the string group was on….

Thx.